T-BLOX – a stupidly additive puzzler Tetris-fans will love

T-BLOX is a compulsively addictive puzzle game that Tetris-fans will enjoy. Complete lines both horizontally and vertically by placing shapes strategically. Each placement and full line wins you points. Keep going for as long as you can to accumulate the highest score possible. In theory, it’s fantastically easy to play but in practice it’s actually fiendishly hard as you deal with the extra dimension. If you enjoy shape-based or spacial-awareness puzzles, this is definitely one you need to try.

Pros & Cons:

Desperately feel like the game would be easier if you could rotate the shapes.

Features:

Unless you have lived in a cave for the past 20 years, you’ll have probably played or seen someone else play Tetris- perhaps one of the most popular video games of all time. While T-BLOX isn’t Tetris, you will identify with the familiar tetronimo shapes and the gameplay objective here- to create whole lines to win points- is also similar. The shapes, the grid and the objective aside however, T-BLOX is quite a different kettle of fish.

Firstly, you have to make both horizontal AND vertical lines, meaning there’s an additional dimension to work with. While it’s easy to focus on creating lines across the board, you need to consider those unfamiliar verticals too. This creates a far more challenging gameplay environment that will see you struggling at first.

…a simple and fiendishly addictive puzzler…

The game comes with two modes; classic and hard. Classic utilises the well-know 4-part shapes while Hard also introduces trickier 5-part shapes. I think the game would benefit if you were given the ability to rotate the shapes- you currently cannot- or at least provide a mode where you can. The two modes feels a little bit limited in scope and I would like to see some modes with a time element for added excitement.

T-BLOX is stupidly additive and easily became a go-too time killer while I was testing it out. It is therefore a great casual game to dip into when you have a few spare minutes but also one which is hard to put down if you lack will power. Above all, it’s actually far harder than it looks and very challenging.

The two modes feel a little bit limited in scope…

The graphics are really quite simplistic- some of the later Tetris releases are certainly slicker- but everything works well and there’s no need for much improvement. Gameplay is immersive, which is good as there is no sound; effects, music or otherwise. T-BLOX is fun, but I think it could be improved here and there as mentioned above. Overall, however, it’s a simple and fiendishly addictive puzzler that is definitely one you should check out.

T-BLOX – Enter name for high score

T-BLOX – Hard mode

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T-BLOX – Tutorial

T-BLOX – Two game modes

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.2 out of 5)

Should you Download T-BLOX? T-BLOX is a refreshing take on Tetris- which completely reinvents and alters the concept to creating lines from shapes. It’s additive, fun to play and very challenging. If you’re a fan of puzzle games, then you should definitely try this. It’s free to download but you can also buy an ad-free version for under $1.